The College has implemented a pause on certifying National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants. The pause came in response to a new condition from the agencies that ...

Applicants who accept their offers of admission will join the 249 students admitted to the Class of 2028 in December through the College’s early decision admissions process. In addition to the 899 ...

If you’re a Williams College student reading this article, Lucy Calkins ’73 and her ubiquitous — and recently controversial curriculum — probably taught you how to do so. The truth about the “reading ...

Across the country, institutions of higher education have struggled to adjust to sky-high demand for STEM courses and weakening interest in the humanities. Williams — with its $3.5 billion endowment ...

Despite being a self-proclaimed Stephen Sondheim ’50 aficionado, I must admit that with the exception of a few songs, I did not know anything about his 1971 musical Follies. That is, until Saturday, ...

Izzy Polanco ’ 25 is a political science major and public health concentrator from Long Island, N.Y. She is a senior writer. Previously, she served as the editor-in-chief, the executive editor of ...

Cass interviewed J.D. Vance at American Compass’ “Rebuilding American Capitalism” forum in June 2023. (Photo courtesy of Oren Cass.) After former president Donald Trump won the presidential election ...

Encountering a piece of art previously only seen in a low-quality course packet is one thing; that piece of art being the five-century-old iconic woodcut print Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer is another.

Photo courtesy of Special Collections. “This Week in Williams History” is a column that looks back at memorable moments in the College’s past through articles in the Record. This week in history, ...

But it’s not just the College’s savings account that seems to be doing well. The College budget saw a $23 million surplus at the end of the 2022 fiscal year. Put simply, the College turned a ...

The Faculty House basement hosts the College’s two-lane bowling alley. (Photo courtesy of Alison O’Grady.) In January 1939, the doors of the Faculty House opened for the first time. The $100,000 ...

North Adams’ Houghton Mansion holds a variety of creepy sights, including an abandoned Freemason meeting room, an old barber chair and dusty Victorian bedrooms. (Irene Loewenson / The Williams Record) ...